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Marullo, F. (author)The term "logistics" derives from the Greek logizomai standing for the art of reckoning, organising, planning. Through time it achieved a strict military connotation, dealing with the composition, lodging and movements of troops, the arrangement of provisions in hostile territories, the transportation and storage of artillery, food, medicines...journal article 2015
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Smits, J.E.P. (author), van der Hoeven, F.D. (author)This paper discusses design considerations for creating high quality infrastructural artefacts with an emphasis on bridges. The authors pursue a design study and analysis approach to highlight the specifics of infrastructure design for regional identity, based on their own work on a bridge ensemble in the Dutch Zaanstreek region. Two...journal article 2015
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- Lemans, J.S. (author) master thesis 2014
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De Veen, J.J. (author)The general aim of this essay is to better understand the effects of globalization on architecture as well as its inherent possibilities. This research has specifically been oriented on architectural attitudes towards these processes. In order to gain an understanding of globalization processes their socio-economic consequences are first...master thesis 2014
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Koppendraaier, D.A. (author)The assignment of the graduation studio of Complex Projects is the rehabilitation and redesign or strategy of the now empty South Chicago (Illinois, USA) South Works site. The U.S. Steel’s South Works which was located there used to provide for work in the area, but after closure in 1992, the area started to decay. The lack of programmatic and...master thesis 2014
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Wiesner, T.L.A. (author)"The Integrated Hybrid" envisions a hybrid building on the last vacant site on the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam. Society's needs are diverse and constantly changing and the design context of Amsterdam is among the most culturally diverse in the world. My project proposes a true hybrid building (which includes dwellings) that can meet the...master thesis 2014
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Djalali, A. (author)Today we are familiar with definitions of architecture as an integrated, multidisciplinary “networked practice,” which takes its cognitive potential from a “diffused design intelligence.” These definitions were introduced to counter an individual, authorial approach to design which allegedly characterized modern architecture since its beginnings...doctoral thesis 2014
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Qiu, F. (author)With rising energy consumption in the world and the depletion of fossil fuels in the near future, we have to make sure that energy security is guaranteed when conventional energy sources are depleted (BP, 2012). Nowadays, the energy we use is from fossil fuel sources and the generation of energy releases the greenhouse gas CO2 and energy is...master thesis 2014
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Ras, T.T. (author)A research on finding a method to integrate the wind engineering process to the design process. Wind engineering is seen to be a rigid and slow process of CFD modeling and wind tunnel testing. New frames of work and data analysis make it possible to integrate this process in the, much faster, design process. Proof of this integration is given in...master thesis 2014
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August, K. (author)In the aftermath of a normalized Foucaultian world with an all encompassing web of biopower, one remaining hope is to cultivate nimbleness. Nimbleness is an embodied aesthetic sensitivity to the material presence. Cultivating nimbleness is a particular style of cultivation; it is to willfully gather together one’s self in the wake of a formative...doctoral thesis 2013
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Pattinama, D.Y. (author)Donald Pattinama'a graduation Project. Designing a transferium for the Almere 2.0 Masterplan using an abstract parametric machine. Hyperbody, non-stand and interactive architecture. Parametric and computer aided design.master thesis 2013
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Van der Drift, J.L. (author)In search of a more open architecture.master thesis 2013
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Rispens, L.J. (author)A parametrically designed, non-standard historical & cultural centre, located at the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam.master thesis 2013
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Schmidt, D. (author)Het project bestaat uit een onderzoek naar de veranderende rol van de universiteitsbibliotheek en een voorstel voor een nieuwe universiteitsbibliotheek voor de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Het voorstel onderzoekt het potentieel van de bibliotheek als verdediger van een publiek interieur, dat zowel het zich in het publiek afspelen van het...master thesis 2013
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van Oel, C.J. (author), van den Berkhof, FW (author)In recent decades, commercial developments have become increasingly important for the overall profit of airports. However, little is known about consumer preferences regarding the design of passenger areas, which is striking as the design of terminal buildings affects consumers' emotional state and shopping behaviour. The aim of this study was...journal article 2013
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Merle, J. (author)This dissertation addresses the reductive reading of Georges Bataille's work done within the field of architectural criticism and theory which tends to set aside the fundamental ‘broken’ totality of Bataille's oeuvre and also to narrowly interpret it as a mere critique of architectural form, consequently presenting it either as the negation of...doctoral thesis 2012
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Van der Vorm, R.J. (author)‘At the moment Amsterdam, including the north, is undergoing big changes...’ ‘... the city is suffering from the crisis and is looking for new ways to house people. This also concerns the district of Amsterdam Noord. How will these changes and conditions effect the character of this part of Amsterdam. Will ‘Noord’ in twenty years still be ‘Noord...master thesis 2012
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Papanastasis, P. (author)This thesis is a scouting on the possibilities of combining P.C.M.s and G.F.R.P.s into one transparent element, which could upgrade the aesthetical values of a non-transparent P.C.M.-G.F.R.P. system. The contribution of this research is twofold, providing: 1) An analysis framework for further exploration on the combination of a P.C.M. and a G.F...master thesis 2012
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Negeri, E. (author), Baken, N. (author)The ever increasing concerns for energy security, energy efficiency, and sustainable energy is offering various challenges for the power grid. With increasing penetration of the distributed generations, the electricity power system is facing an era of prosumerization, whereby all stakeholders can autonomously produce, consume, import and/or...conference paper 2012
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Semplonius, Y.D. (author)This project concerns a graduation project from the department of materialisation: Strategic Architectural Design Development (SADD). The design focuses upon a new UN council in New York City: the United Nations Environmental Council (UNEC) which is placed in the north lawn, next to the current UN Headquarters. The building contains a mixed...master thesis 2012